Buying a 99 4.5L petrol, any good

[NP99]

Buy buy buy

[ktmarty]

Bulletproof but thirsty. Basically same as Rottodiver but mine's dead stock, no accessories. 20L around town, 17L highway, 25L+ towing depending on weight. No torque below 2000rpm, happier at 3 grand, hummin at 4000 and drinking juice at a ferocious rate.

[04OFF]

Exactly as others have said mate, greedy on fuel, but a reliable workhorse, i love mine too !

No grenades here (lol)

[4by]

Yep, go for it. Reliable motoring. I'd go manual on gas to get best economy and power. Do a good tune up and it'll go great. Easy and simple to work on the engine.
Drink a bit of petrol (go lpg) and aren't the best on power but basic old school reliable dinosaur engine.

[Alitis007]

I was talking to a bloke the other day with a 4.5 and he swears by injected LPG, more power and more economy then petrol he rekons...

[Jamesandlizk]

So what am I looking at for the LPG conversion $$?
Was told if I get it I should re do the head. Is this true? Are there any other mods that would be needed.
Bought it and pick I up Tuesday. $9300 and its done 199,600km. So I'm pretty happy.

[rottodiver]

199600..... Huh.... Only just run in!!! Good work
Scotty

[Jamesandlizk]

Thanks mate, I'm pretty chuffed!
Anyone know a good LPG Installer, I live in Bilpin, (the blue mountains). And any ideas on cost?

[NP99]

Mate, recon the head when you have to, just not now! A valve lube kit will set you back about $70 and keep the valves and seats happy! Cost for conversion??? Not sure if the govt rebate is still going, but check that out too. Mine cost $4800 less $1200 rebate, so $3600 and that was for VSI system, considered by many the best system, even better than the newer system recently out. Best idea, ring around, make sure it's a common system that most installers are installing....some are crap and you need to go back to them only for service and repair.

[Jamesandlizk]

Thanks for the advice mate.
How do I go about lubing the valves? Something simple?